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A Story Beside

Wayward Prophet · 2022-05-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.

0
playing now
96%
positive of 311 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 48% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 311 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-06-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492019-09-272026-07-092019-09-27 — best price $8.992022-02-14 — best price $8.992022-05-24 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-08-31 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $10.492022-12-22 — best price $9.742023-03-16 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-08-07 — best price $10.042023-11-22 — best price $10.492023-12-18 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-23 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-06-28 — best price $5.992025-08-19 — best price $8.992025-10-03 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-20 — best price $7.492026-06-27 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

CasualRomanceLife SimRPGMakerRelaxingTop-DownAdventureEmotionalStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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